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Streamlined Case Management for Construction Defect Matters

28 March 2019|Litigation
By Wayne Nitti
Construction defect cases, like toxic torts and products liability claims, tend to be wildly complicated. Whether the underlying claims concern design mistakes, improper products or materials, or failures in the building process, lawsuits alleging construction defects often lasso in large numbers of parties with competing interests and can involve multiple judges, special masters, discovery [...]
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Case Study: Creating Order Amid the Chaos of a Mass Environmental Tort

11 January 2019|Litigation
By Wayne Nitti
In late October 2015, during a routine inspection, employees of Southern California Gas Company found an old valve leaking gas from an underground well near Porter Ranch, less than 30 miles outside of Los Angeles. That well ultimately released 100,000 tons of methane, becoming the largest such incident in US history. Area residents reported nosebleeds, nausea and vomiting, and on November [...]
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Efficient and Economical Communications With Judges and Arbitrators

11 December 2018|Litigation
By Wayne Nitti
If there’s a single element of our online legal case management system that yields the most immediate and tangible benefit for everyone involved in a dispute, it’s our messaging feature. “The message board provides a level of access to the court that minimizes costly filings and unnecessary status conferences or hearings,” states a litigation partner at a top Am Law 100 firm. Adds another [...]
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What Sets Us Apart: Professional Management of Every Case

2 November 2018|Litigation
By Wayne Nitti
It’s been 15 years since the National Center for State Courts published standards for electronic service and filing, and 30 years since the Federal Judiciary adopted PACER as its uniform online filing and case management system. Still, all too often, lawyers wind up amassing their own case files, hole-punched and tabbed, and packed into gigantic binders [...]
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